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James Smith

This presentation shows the creation of a single point of reference consisting of a curated set of DoD and local documents, templates, and checklists to aid the COR and promote information sharing and collaboration.

This report introduces the concept of programmatic interoperability, which is the application of principles of interoperability to the acquisition management of systems. The report also discusses the orchestration of decisions and activities that are applicable to acquisition in a system-of-systems environment.

This report explores the fundamental challenges in using Earned Value Management (EVM) with spiral development processes and proposes adaptations to some EVM principles to render it more suitable for today's software-intensive systems.

This presentation on enterprise architecture and COTS intensive system acquisition strategies was delivered by Duane Hybertson and Diane Mularz of MITRE and James Smith of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in January 2003.